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The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Published on behalf of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Edited by:
Tony Charman


ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 3/53 (Psychology, Developmental); 7/77 (Psychiatry - Social Sciences)
Impact Factor: 4.404

The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry is internationally recognised to be the leading journal covering both child and adolescent psychology and psychiatry.  Articles published include experimental and developmental studies, especially those relating to developmental psychopathology and the developmental disorders.  An important function of the Journal is to bring together empirical research, clinical studies and reviews of high quality arising from different points of view.  The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry also features a yearly special issue.

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Why submit your article to The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry?

  • Ranked 3rd in Developmental Psychology category, Thomson ISI;
  • Impact Factor 4.404 (2006);
  • Massive international readership; nearly 400,000 articles downloaded every year with strong online usage in the US, Australasia and Asia as well as the UK and Europe;
  • Over 5,500 institutions with access to current content;
  • Genuinely international authorship - 1/3 in the US, 1/3 in the UK and 1/5 in Europe;
  • State of the art online submission site, simple and quick to use:- http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcpp-camh;
  • Articles appear OnlineEarly before the paper version is published - Click here to see the OnlineEarly articles currently available online;
  • Acceptance to OnlineEarly publication within 3 months;
  • Authors receive free online access to their article once published as well as 20% discount on all Blackwell Publishing publications;
  • Annual Research Reviews bring you the very best papers on current critical topics of the field.

Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO).

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The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) National Conferences
The Association raises awareness of developments within child and adolescent mental health through its medium of conferences, training events and meetings which target national as well as local needs.  
ACAMH hosts annual national day conferences, which highlight current topics, inform about best practice and evidence-based research and offer multi-disciplinary discussion forums.  The content of the conferences - academic as well as clinical - is designed to meet the needs both of the Association's members as well as those who are interested in these and linked issues.
Both day conferences are respected in the sector for the relevance of their themes, the high standard of the presentations and the quality of the speakers.  Recent topics have covered a wide spectrum, encompassing the popular topics such as autism and asperger's syndrome, dyslexia, depression, ADHD, cognitive behaviour therapy and attachment as well as the more specialist subject areas such as genetics or post traumatic stress disorder.
ACAMH's network of branches provides a framework of events which cater for the local audience.  These take the form of either full-day or half-day conferences or twilight meetings and some of these events attract in excess of 100 delegates, particularly in those areas where other course providers are limited.  The subject matter of conferences is frequently determined by feedback from our members or recognition of an area which deserves to be brought to the fore.  Events are open to both members and non-members, are either free or very reasonably priced and are always popular with those attending.

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Highly accessed papers
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Highly cited papers
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"JCPP is clearly the world's No. 1 child psychology and psychiatry journal.  It integrates clinical and developmental perspectives, it is truly international, and interdisciplinary, and it combines high scientific standards with attention to clinical relevance."
Prof. Sir Michael Rutter